What I would like to see is

one max contract trade IF it makes sense like a Tyreke
one MLE for a Patty Mills
2-3 draft picks in the 2nd round or undrafted(Id love to get a 1 but it isnt happening) lets say Kane and Bachynski
Trade for a high quality PF OR trade into the draft in round 1 for a Gordon Payne type. That would cost us Chandler.

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Tyreke Evans leads the way as New Orleans Pelicans score comeback win against Nets: notebook

Almost lost in the meteoric rise to the game of New Orleans Pelicans power forward Anthony Davis has been the almost simultaneous surge of swingman Tyreke Evans.
Evans couldn't have been overlooked on Monday.
Since being inserted into the starting lineup on Feb. 28, Evans has emerged as the Pelicans' second-best player, giving the team a lift with his aggressive and attacking style of play.
But he was even better as he helped the Pelicans to a 109-104 overtime victory against the Brooklyn Nets at the Smoothie King Center.
Evans scored a season-high 33 points, just two off his career high, and had 10 rebounds and seven assists, helping the Pelicans win for the fourth time in their last five games. Evans was especially key in the third quarter when helped the Pelicans erase a 22-point, third-quarter Brooklyn lead by scoring 14 points in the quarter.
"Tyreke has the ability to play at a high level every single night and that's my biggest thing for him," Pelicans coach Monty Williams said. "Every possession counts. I am going to continue to demand that from him because I think he has abilities that not a lot of people have."

The performance continued a string of strong games since he was promoted to the starting lineup.
Heading into Monday's game, Evans was averaging 21.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.7 assists in his 10 games as a starter. Those statistics dwarf his season averages of 13.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.7 assists.
Evans said before the game his numbers have improved because he has been able to get into the flow of the game sooner, now that he is a starter.
It also has helped that both he and Davis seem to play so well together.

"We just communicate on the floor," Evans said. "We have a good relationship. We just push each other to try and be the best we can be on the court. We've been doing good with that so far."
GORDON OUT: Pelicans starting shooting guard Eric Gordon said there is nothing seriously or structurally wrong with his left knee.
But the tendinitis that flared up on him during Friday's victory against the Atlanta Hawks kept Gordon out of his second straight game on Monday night.
With the Pelicans hosting the Nets, Gordon watched from the sidelines. He said he hopes to return soon and the knee is making progress.
"It's feeling better," he said. "I just had a little episode during the game. I had a little knee tendinitis but nothing very serious. It's getting a little bit better and I'll start ramping things up."
Gordon said the discomfort started in the first quarter against the Hawks when he landed after jumping to grab a rebound. He blamed fatigue more than anything for his setback.
"It's that point of the year when the body gets a little tired," he said. "Maybe it was overcompensation. Things happen like that. But it's nothing serious. I was going for a rebound and landed kind of funny, but it's nothing serious. I'll be fine. I just have to take it day-to-day."

After suffering the flare up, Gordon said he experienced sharp pain in his knee but much of that discomfort has subsided.
Gordon had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in 2013, but he hasn't any issues with his left knee before the Hawks game.
"I never have (had problems with the left knee)," Gordon said. "But I'll be fine. It's just a little flare up."
Williams said he decided to hold Gordon, who has played in 64 of the Pelicans' 70 games this season, out after watching the shooting guard go through drills at Monday morning's shootaround.
"Obviously you need him on the floor," Williams said. "But if he can't go, he can't go."
STREAK SNAPPED: Davis had his franchise record streak of eight consecutive games with at least 28 points snapped.
It hardly seemed to matter, though.

Davis still turned in a big game, scoring 24 points and grabbing 14 rebounds to go along with three blocks. The last time Davis had failed to score at least 28 points was March 3 against the Sacramento Kings, who held Davis to 13 points.

THORNTON FINDS RHYTHM: Nets guards Marcus Thornton, who played the first two years of his career in New Orleans after starring at LSU, is growing into his role nicely, Nets coach Jason Kidd said.
The Nets obtained Thornton in a trade with the Sacramento Kings on Feb. 19. Since then, he is averaging 12.5 points and shooting 46.3 percent from the field in his first 14 games with Brooklyn. Before the trade, Thornton had been struggling with the Kings averaging 8.3 points per game and 38.1 percent shooting.
"He's been big for us since the trade," Kidd said. "He's found his rhythm in shooting the ball, but also again defensively he's given us a boost. But also rebounding the ball, he's helped us with that."

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djsunyc wrote:you don't win with players like tyreke evans.

i guess the raptors have had guys like him for years huh?

mreinman wrote:

H1AND1 wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Since when was 44% from a guard considered awful? H20 who we agree was a pure shooter shot 43% for his career. Guards rarely shoot over 48% in those days it was Jordan and Miller at times. Bigs shoot over 50% because they are closer to the basket

Its not his FG% that is 44% but his eFG% which takes into account Free throws and 3 pointers. His FG% this year is 43%.

TS includes FT's but eFG is 2's and 3's.

TS is the better number to look at.

Doh! Yup, I totally bungled that response. I am fascinated by stats, advanced stats, etc but when it comes to my own aptitude for math and quant type thinking I am a complete moron. In any case, thanks for the correction.